Comments on: Campaign Against Tuberculosis in Guatemala http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/ Antigua Guatemala's number one multimedia resource in English for everything about La Antigua and the Guatemalan people, culture and traditions with a brand new web page every day! Wed, 23 May 2012 10:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: sandrar http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-19977 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:57:13 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-19977 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> By: Carmen http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-13984 Carmen Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:55:18 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-13984 Crazy times, Manolo. Crazy times. I should share about the time my head started to itch while I was teaching and I would scratch and had no idea what was going on until the Teaching Assistant told me, "You should go to the school nurse." Soooo after I went, guess what? My whole class was "invited" (all 20 kids plus the Teaching Assistant and Parent Volunteer) to the Nurse's Office and then we were all given strict and clear instructions. Kindergarten is not a walk in the park all of the time you know. BTW, yes, you get extra LACA points! You are rapidly accumulating these points! You are on your way to a complimentary mug that states LACA VIP :-D Crazy times, Manolo. Crazy times. I should share about the time my head started to itch while I was teaching and I would scratch and had no idea what was going on until the Teaching Assistant told me, “You should go to the school nurse.” Soooo after I went, guess what? My whole class was “invited” (all 20 kids plus the Teaching Assistant and Parent Volunteer) to the Nurse’s Office and then we were all given strict and clear instructions. Kindergarten is not a walk in the park all of the time you know. BTW, yes, you get extra LACA points! You are rapidly accumulating these points! You are on your way to a complimentary mug that states LACA VIP :-D

]]> By: Manolo http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-13979 Manolo Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:48:25 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-13979 Ah, Carmen... do I get extra LACA points for my comment? ;-) Ah, Carmen… do I get extra LACA points for my comment? ;-)

]]> By: Manolo http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-13978 Manolo Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:47:45 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-13978 Great post! Thanks Rudy. I do have to say that since coming to Canada I've been more aware of infectious diseases and outbreaks. Probably because in Guate there are some illnesses that are endemic and thus they are always there. I do remember "dengue" season. However, during my first year in Canada there was an outbreak of E.coli (a gastrointestinal bug) that killed a few people on a town in Ontario and it wasn't the last one in the past 8 years. Flu season is always preceded by the flu-shot campaign, which reminds us all that everything we touch is full of germs from someone else. And this was the fifth anniversary of the SARS outbreak (a nasty type of pneumonia) which caused havoc in Toronto (just a few months before I moved here) and made everyone paranoid about people coughing. I was even sent home from work because I had a sore throat, and I was working on a call centre, of course I got sore throat every now and then (pretty much every Thursday) but on those days there was talk of potential termination and/or legal action if you fell sick and didn't report it to your supervisors. Crazy times in the *sick* first world I tell ya'. Great post! Thanks Rudy. I do have to say that since coming to Canada I’ve been more aware of infectious diseases and outbreaks. Probably because in Guate there are some illnesses that are endemic and thus they are always there. I do remember “dengue” season. However, during my first year in Canada there was an outbreak of E.coli (a gastrointestinal bug) that killed a few people on a town in Ontario and it wasn’t the last one in the past 8 years.
Flu season is always preceded by the flu-shot campaign, which reminds us all that everything we touch is full of germs from someone else. And this was the fifth anniversary of the SARS outbreak (a nasty type of pneumonia) which caused havoc in Toronto (just a few months before I moved here) and made everyone paranoid about people coughing. I was even sent home from work because I had a sore throat, and I was working on a call centre, of course I got sore throat every now and then (pretty much every Thursday) but on those days there was talk of potential termination and/or legal action if you fell sick and didn’t report it to your supervisors. Crazy times in the *sick* first world I tell ya’.

]]> By: Carmen http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-13977 Carmen Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:30:10 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-13977 I am glad these awareness campaigns take place. We were in Coban for some eco-tourism and heard a public service announcement in regards to washing your hands with soap and water and if those were not available then with ceniza, the ash left over after cooking with charcoal. Here in California, (aside from the fingerprints and so on) one of the first requirements one must abide by as a teacher in order to be considered for a post is to take a TB test. Ironically though, I have had the (dis)pleasure of working in classroom after classroom that were subsequently shut down due to mold. At one point, after a yearly physical, the doctor asked me, "Where you do work at Carmen? You have had more Upper Respiratory Infections than some of my patients." Going back to the campaign though, I appreciate the scan of the flyer. I am glad these awareness campaigns take place. We were in Coban for some eco-tourism and heard a public service announcement in regards to washing your hands with soap and water and if those were not available then with ceniza, the ash left over after cooking with charcoal. Here in California, (aside from the fingerprints and so on) one of the first requirements one must abide by as a teacher in order to be considered for a post is to take a TB test. Ironically though, I have had the (dis)pleasure of working in classroom after classroom that were subsequently shut down due to mold. At one point, after a yearly physical, the doctor asked me, “Where you do work at Carmen? You have had more Upper Respiratory Infections than some of my patients.” Going back to the campaign though, I appreciate the scan of the flyer.

]]> By: janna http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-13976 janna Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:12:22 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-13976 When I was staying in Antigua, I was awakened out of my sleep at 4 in the morning by coughing coming from another open window on my street. It was nasty sounding, and I thought, wow that sounds like tuberculosis to me. Perhaps it was, pobrecit@. When I was staying in Antigua, I was awakened out of my sleep at 4 in the morning by coughing coming from another open window on my street. It was nasty sounding, and I thought, wow that sounds like tuberculosis to me. Perhaps it was, pobrecit@.

]]> By: coltrane_lives http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-13974 coltrane_lives Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:33:46 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-13974 Not many in the US would even consider TB to be an issue anymore, but it really still is out there. Good to be aware! BTW...in the flyer (point #4), what is the significance, if any, of the character wearing a T-shirt with "Don Chepe" on it? "Don Chepe"? Gracias, Rudy! Not many in the US would even consider TB to be an issue anymore, but it really still is out there. Good to be aware! BTW…in the flyer (point #4), what is the significance, if any, of the character wearing a T-shirt with “Don Chepe” on it? “Don Chepe”? Gracias, Rudy!

]]> By: Kris http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-13973 Kris Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:56:36 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2008/03/27/campaign-against-tuberculosis-in-guatemala/#comment-13973 It seems odd to think of TB still being a threat. It always conjures up images of the 1930s to me, even though I know it is still prevalent in many parts of the world. Thanks for sharing the photo and story, double thanks for the flyer! It seems odd to think of TB still being a threat. It always conjures up images of the 1930s to me, even though I know it is still prevalent in many parts of the world.

Thanks for sharing the photo and story, double thanks for the flyer!

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